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Plaintiff Tackles Burden to Show Exception to Insurer's Policy Exclusion in Breach-of-Contract Claim Against State Farm

"I think they did what a reasonable homeowner would do, which is call a plumber and fix the problem," said plaintiff counsel J. Mac C. Pilgrim.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

The Half-Pregnant Public Policy on Car Insurance Rates

All residents deserve fairness in the price they pay for car insurance—a rate based on the individual's driving history and safety, and not on where they work or whether they have a college degree.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Decision Creates Potential for Legal Malpractice Actions Against Retained Defense Attorneys

The Supreme Court quashed the Fourth District's decision and held that an insurer has standing to maintain a legal malpractice action against counsel hired to represent the insured where the insurer is contractually subrogated to the insured's rights under the insurance policy.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Winning Lawyer Says Opposing Counsel Boosted $66.5M Verdict

"They inflamed the jury horribly," winning lawyer Brent Savage of Savage, Turner, Pinckney & Savage said of his opposing counsel's strategy.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Unintended Consequences of NY's Legislation on Bad-Faith Claims Settlement

As New York seeks to protect policyholders from insurers' bad-faith failure to settle valid claims, the recently proposed Senate Bill S6813 could significantly change the landscape of insurance law by codifying bad faith in claims settlements and unleash a flood of claims for "deceptive" conduct across the state.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The 'Forever Chemical' That Will Impact the Insurance Industry for Years to Come

Policyholders are pursuing coverage for alleged PFAS-related exposures under several types of insurance policies, including commercial general liability, pollution liability and specialty, and first-party property policies.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Are Insurance Brokers the Next Target for Claims Arising From the Pandemic?

Since the pandemic struck last March, policyholders have sued insurance carriers nearly 2,000 times alleging their policies covered business losses due to COVID-19 and the related civil authority orders.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Insurance Coverage for Entity Investigations

The costs of responding to a government subpoena or investigative demand can be substantial. The broadly worded demands for information or testimony typically require burdensome searches through mountains of documents, data, and electronically stored information.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Strict Liability Standard for Consumer Protection Law May Impact Insurance Litigation

In 2020, the Pennsylvania Superior Court confirmed that the UTPCPL does not apply to the handling of insurance claims, further reducing the emphasis on UTPCPL claims in insurance litigation.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Disclaimer Statute in the Context of Notice of Claim Given by Another Insurer

In some cases, notice of the claim is given to the insurer by another insurance company, rather than by the insured or the injured party. The question of whether the same considerations and obligations apply in that situation has occupied numerous courts in several different contexts. Jonathan A. Dachs explores the issues and case law in this edition of his Insurance Law column.
17 minute read

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